Natalya Volkova - Justice for Journalists

Natalya Volkova

Affiliated media: Khabar, Journalist

Incident date: April 14, 2021

Attack type:

  • Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Facebook group Law-abiding Citizen

Location: Kazakhstan, North Kazakhstan Province, Petropavlovsk

Additional information:

The Khabar TV film crew came to the First City Hospital in Petropavlovsk to shoot a story about the problems of paying «covid» bonuses to medical staff. The acting head doctor of the hospital, upon seeing the journalists in the building, called the police. The police interviewed journalist Natalya Volkova. It was established that the representatives of the TV channel were in the hospital building as part of their professional activities.

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